Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Veillard
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 08:42:59AM -0400, Whit Blauvelt wrote: [..] > be accepted. Clearly having libvirt recognize that the kvm hypervisor is > available, and automatically using it when the xml file specifies it, does > not take some extraordinary level of clever programming. "The xml specifies >

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Whit Blauvelt
> Are you sure that libvirt 0.9.3 and before had VirtualBox support > compiled in? If not then VirtualBox can not supersede QEMU in the > autodetection. That might explain it, but I don't see how that can > happen apart from you explicitly disabling VirtualBox support at > configure time. libvirt

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Matthias Bolte
2011/7/27 Cole Robinson : > On 07/27/2011 03:21 AM, Matthias Bolte wrote: >> 2011/7/27 Whit Blauvelt : What's the output of "# virsh -V" on your second ubuntu box? I guess your libvirt on that box might not be compiled with qemu driver. >>> >>> # virsh -V >>> Virsh command line tool of li

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Matthias Bolte
2011/7/27 Whit Blauvelt : >> That's not how libvirt works. The architecture is different than you >> seem to expect it. > > Matthias, > > Even with all you say - and I thank you for your patient explanation - there > remains a question: Why should 0.9.3+ git suddenly decide that the default > drive

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Whit Blauvelt
> That's not how libvirt works. The architecture is different than you > seem to expect it. Matthias, Even with all you say - and I thank you for your patient explanation - there remains a question: Why should 0.9.3+ git suddenly decide that the default driver should be vbox, when 0.8.3 and 0.9.2

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Cole Robinson
On 07/27/2011 03:21 AM, Matthias Bolte wrote: > 2011/7/27 Whit Blauvelt : >>> What's the output of "# virsh -V" on your second ubuntu box? I guess >>> your libvirt on that box might not be compiled with qemu driver. >> >> # virsh -V >> Virsh command line tool of libvirt 0.9.3 ... >> >> Compiled wit

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Matthias Bolte
2011/7/27 Whit Blauvelt : > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 09:21:08AM +0200, Matthias Bolte wrote: > >> The point is that libvirt autodetects the available hypervisors at >> runtime when you don't specify a connection URI. For example, just >> running virsh results in autodetecting VirtualBox because you

Re: [libvirt-users] VirtualBox headless

2011-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Viana
I have the same problem. I've already tried to start vbox vm without GUI but I couldn't do it. Christian, as it seems that you've managed to do it successfully, could you help us out in this task? If not, does anyone here have a way to do it? Or is it impossible with current libvirt code? thanks

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Whit Blauvelt
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 09:21:08AM +0200, Matthias Bolte wrote: > The point is that libvirt autodetects the available hypervisors at > runtime when you don't specify a connection URI. For example, just > running virsh results in autodetecting VirtualBox because you have it > installed in a way tha

Re: [libvirt-users] lock managers

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 04:15:45PM -0400, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 03:32:32PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > > > Yes, both useful lock managers (sanlock and fcntl) work best with > > the use of a shared lock directory, at which point they correctly > > handle live migration betwe

Re: [libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define

2011-07-27 Thread Matthias Bolte
2011/7/27 Whit Blauvelt : >> What's the output of "# virsh -V" on your second ubuntu box? I guess >> your libvirt on that box might not be compiled with qemu driver. > > # virsh -V > Virsh command line tool of libvirt 0.9.3 ... > > Compiled with support for: >  Hypervisors: QEmu/KVM UML OpenVZ Virt